The Henry County Fair Board is ready to Celebrate! We begin by dedicating the 2010 Catalog
to a special individual and the Centennial of two organizations.
Priscilla Manz Martin was born April 2, 1930 in Lansing, Michigan. She graduated from high
school in 1948 and received her degree from Michigan State College (University) in 1953. She
moved to Memphis, Tennessee to work as a dietician at the Veterans Hospital. While there she
met Luther Quinn Martin who later became her husband. Priscilla later worked in hospitals in
Ohio, New Jersey and Michigan.
Priscilla and her husband retired in 1973 and moved to her current home on Highway 119 in
Buchanan where they raised cattle until his death in 1989. She participated for the first time in
1991 in the Henry County Fair Junior Livestock Sale. Priscilla has enthusiastically supported
young folks in Henry County by purchasing over seventy steers, hogs and lambs during
the Junior Livestock Auction. She has been honored as a Friend of 4-H for her consistent
encouragement and commitment to the youth of Henry County the past twenty years.
Although Priscilla has no children of her own, she has “adopted” and encouraged dozens
through her participation and generous support of the Henry County Fair’s Junior Livestock
Program. Because she has given so much too so many for so long, we proudly dedicate our
2010 Fair Catalog to Priscilla Martin!
2010 is the Centennial of UT Extension and of 4-H in Tennessee and these two programs
receive our congratulations! UT Extension was born out of a thirst for knowledge and a need for new and different ways to present information vital to the success of the state’s farms and rural communities. In their first 100 years in Tennessee, Extension agents and volunteers have truly transformed agriculture and rural life in Tennessee. Today, the need for knowledge has not changed, and while the future is not known, the need for continuing education is a certainty. UT Extension’s mission of providing research-based education to the citizens of Tennessee will remain just as relevant as it was yesterday and is today.
Tennessee 4-H encourages diverse groups of youth to develop their unique skills and talents
to the fullest potential. Young people participate in 4-H through clubs, special interest groups,
after-school programs, camps and many other activities. “Learning by Doing” sums up
the educational philosophy of the 4-H program.
The pledge tells what 4-H is all about:
I Pledge my HEAD to clearer thinking
My HEART to greater Loyalty
My HANDS to larger service
And my HEALTH to better Living
For my club, my community, my country and my world.
